The award winning Palestinian History Tapestry - UK-based project - uses the embroidery skills of Palestinian women to illustrate aspects of the land and peoples of Palestine. Since 2012, I have been involved with the Palestinian History Tapestry (PHT) Project, after meeting the founder, Jan Chalmers, during her visit to Gaza.

Jan Chalmers & Ibrahim Muhtadi, Al Deira Hotel, Gaza, 2013

I began by supporting panel designs, helping with production, and choosing colors in collaboration with talented women embroiderers in Gaza. I contributed to the creation of over 100 embroidered panels, produced in Gaza, the West Bank, Jerusalem, the Naqab, Jordan, and Lebanon.

I also serve as a design adviser and member of the steering committee, contributing to several panels, including the well-known calligraphy design with Mahmoud Darwish’s quote “On this Land, What Worth Living For.”

In 2017 and 2018, I visited the UK, where I joined events including the project’s official launch in London. During that time, I helped develop ideas for promoting and expanding the project’s reach.

In 2021, I was appointed co-chair of the Palestinian History Tapestry project. and contributed to establishing the Mansoja webshop , a platform developed to share and promote Palestinian products inspired by cultural heritage and the designs of the PHT embroidered panels.
By the end of 2024, the project found a permanent home at the Palestinian Museum in the United States, where the tapestry is now on public display.

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